Tag: SC

Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) disciplinary committee’s order imposing a life ban on fast bowler S Sreesanth for his alleged involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. The court said…

Supreme Court (SC) to hear the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title dispute case today. On January 27, the top court had cancelled the scheduled hearing for January 29 in the politically sensitive case, Five-judge constitution bench comprising of Chief Justice Ranjan…

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a PIL seeking a direction to authorities to protect Kashmiri students, plea alleges that students from Kashmir Valley are being attacked at different educational institutions across the country after the Pulwama terror attack….

Supreme Court said no motor vehicle could be altered to change the original specification made by the manufacturer that has been used for the purpose its registration. If traffic cop challans gives you Challan for your modified car or motorcycle,…

Today case of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute brought in Supreme Court. A newly constituted bench will now hear the case on January 29. CJI Ranjan Gogoi also made it clear that five-judge Constitution bench will hear case on merits….

Supreme Court is scheduled to take up on Friday a batch of petitions for hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. The apex court on October 29 had fixed the matter in the first week of January before an…

Supreme Court(SC) is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the petitions filed by Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi moved to SC challenging Delhi High Court order refusing to give them relief in…

Around 50 lakh kilogrammes of firecrackers were burst in Delhi on Diwali despite a Supreme Court directive limiting the bursting of crackers to only two hours, according to a report by a research group. That is the same amount of…

The tussle between the central bank and the government going on, amidst that, Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel has been served a show-cause notice by the Central Information Commission, the Right to Information watchdog, for “dishonouring” a Supreme…

Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that this issue ‘ imposing a life ban on convicted lawmakers’ needs to be considered next after special courts are set up to exclusively try politicians and elected representatives. While hearing a PIL, a bench…

Building a Ram Temple at Ayodhya gained momentum on Monday after the Supreme Court hit pause on the hearing of the Ayodhya title suit. Within hours of the court pushing back the hearing to January, Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders like…

The Supreme Court on Friday said that it cannot direct the entire country to turn vegetarian and refused to urgently hear a petition seeking a ban on meat exports from India. “Do you want everybody in this country to be…

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the state governments to act tough and take strict and necessary actions against those, allegedly involved in vandalism and hooliganism, during protests. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice (CJI)…

Women in the age group of 10-50 can enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Diapk Misra passed this verdict after hearing a public interest…

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday held “adultery is not a crime.” The five-judge Constitution Bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, unanimously declared Indian Penal Code Section 497 (adultery) as…

Disagreeing with Supreme Court (SC) judgement on ‘adultery’, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday said that it has given license to married couples for ‘adulterous relationships’. “Totally disagree with SC on adultery. They’ve given license to…

Supreme Court on Thursday refused to refer the question whether a “mosque as a place of prayer is an essential part of Islam” in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case to a larger bench. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak…

Upholding the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar, a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, delivered its landmark judgement and held that Aadhaar empowers the marginalized section of the society and give them an identity. A five-judge Constitution bench,…

Supreme Court on Friday said that the arrest of former ISRO scientist, S. Nambi Narayan, was needless and unnecessary and granted him a compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the mental torture meted out to him by the Kerala police…

Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict as to whether send its 2006 judgment in the case of M. Nagaraj v. Union of India pertaining to the reservation in promotion for the members of the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir government seeking a detailed response on the habeas corpus petition filed by the family member of the key witness, Talib Hussain, in the sensational Kathua gang rape-and-murder…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the release of Bollywood movie Fanney Khan, starring Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai in the lead. The flick would be released as per schedule on August 3. Dismissing the petition filed by…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its dissatisfaction over the affidavit filed by the central government in the appointment of Lokpal case. The three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and also…

Supreme Court adjourned the hearing for today on Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Dr Subramanian Swamy’s petition seeking a direction that the ED IO, Rajeshwar Singh, should continue the probe in connection with the Aircel Maxis case. The bench, headed by…

In a sheer violation of Supreme Court guidelines on the sale and purchase of acid, the illegal trade of the corrosive liquid continues in many parts of National Capital Territory (NCT). According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 23…

Bombay Lawyers Association on Monday filed a Review Petition seeking a review of the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss pleas for an independent investigation into the death of Special Judge B H Loya. The Special CBI Judge had died in…

Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the swearing-in of BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister of Karnataka. A three-Judge Bench, comprising justices AK Sikri, SA Bobde and Ashok Bhushan, however, made it clear that the swearing-in and the…